Automobile lift



March 28, 1933. BALL I 1,902,820

AUTOMOBILE LIFT Filed Feb. 13. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 28, 1933 IT STATES? worms 1*. BALL, or ALLENrowN, PENNSYLVANIA";

AUTOMOBILE LIF Ap'plicatio'n filed February 13, 1931. 1 Serial No. 515,462.

vice which is; particularly constructed for installation in a garage or the like, whereby the same can be used for raising either the front or rear end of a motor vehicle to place the same in a convenient position so that access can be gained to the parts beneath the car for repair purposes and the like.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of an automobile lift wherein the raising or lifting standard is mounted and operated similar to the main standard in my co-pending application on combination portable car loader and unloader which bears Serial #352,724 and was allowed on August 28th, 1930, and further includes novel means ered within the bearing.

A still further object of the present inven tion is the provisioin of an automobile lift tion in the floor surface of a garage, or the like, and is preferably set in a cement foundation to rigidly hold the parts against movement so that the device can be readily operfrom either end thereof.

With the above and other objects in View,

the invention consists in the novel features set forth, pointed out in the claim and shown in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 1s a side elevation illustrating the with parts thereof broken away and illustrated in cross section;

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; and,

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic View illustrating the use of the device.

In the accompanying drawings, I have installed within a garage, with the operating mechanlsm embedded or positioned in acement section 1. The devlce includes a main The bearing block I sition by tie rods 32 which carry spacing P manually operated for actuating the standard so that the same can be raised and low- -ries a packing gland 12 surrounding the which can be quickly and easily set in posin ated for raising and lowering a motor vehicle device installed in a cement floor portion,

housing 2 for the lifting standard and an auxiliary housing ;3 for the driving mechanism; Extending downwardly from the housing 2- is'a cylinder l which. projects belowthe main cement isecvtion l, with its,

lower end normallyclosed-by means of a dewtgchable cap 5 whichrests upon ra cement base6.1 V H I j m Within the cylinder-45 are spaced guides or bearings 7 and ,7, the guides 7 being located; 5 at the, upper end of thecylinder 4. Slidably mounted in a. yerticalplane within these guide membersfis amovable standard 8 carrying ahead piece 9 oat its upper end 11'of the housing 2.

7 is anchored in pothimbles'33. f v V A a L" The bottom of the depressed portion carearsis a pulley 14. A supporting bracket 15 is arranged in the housing 2 adjacent the cylinder 4 and this bracket 15 supports a pulley 16 having a guard 17 arranged thereover. The inner edge of the pulley extends into a slot 18 in the cylinder 4, so that a portion of the, pulley projects into the cylinder, as shownin Figure 1. I

,Extending laterally from the housing 2:5 and communicating with the interior thereof is a tube 19 which leads into the auxiliary housing? A drum 20 is mounted upon a transverse shaft 21 within the housing 3, and arranged upon the shaft 21, adjacent the. drum, is a worm gear 22 which meshes with a worm23 on the drive shaft 24, This drive shaft-424 extends upwardly from the lions ing 3,- withits upper end supported in, a

7 bearing carried by-the bracket 25; Mounted upon the upper end of the shaft '24 is a bevel illustrated my improved automobile lift as j "stub shaft 28, and the shaft 28 has an operating crank 29 on the outerfend thereof,

gear 26 meshing with a similar gear 27 on a whereby the same may be manually rotated.'-

which is normally positioned within a de--.-; V pressed portion 10 fOI'Ined in the cover In order to raise and lower the standard 8, a cable 30 has one end fixed to the bearing 7 and then passed downwardly through an opening in the bearing 7 at one side of the standard. After passing through the bearing 7 the cable passes around the pulley 14: and then upwardly through an opening in bearing 7 on the opposite side of standard 8.

After passing through bearing 7, the cable passes upwardly over pulley 16 and through the tube 19 to be wound upon the drum 20, the crank 29 being actuated for winding the cable on the drum 20 or unwinding the same therefrom. Therefore, when a load is placed upon the head 9 of the drum, it will be necessary to manually actuate the drum, to lower the standard into the cylinder 4:."

H Normally the standard 8 and the head 9 are arranged in a'position, as shown in Figure 1, and the head 9 is preferably provided with a low central part 31, forming slightly inclined side walls whereby the front or rearf axle of an automobile may readily rest upon the head. In using my improved device, attention is directed to the fact that normally the standard 8 is raised in a lowered position within the cylinder 4, as shown in Figure 1.

When it is desired to raise one end of a motor vehicle, such as shown in Figure 3,

above thehead 9. The crank arm 29 is then actuated to rotate the .drum'QO, and as the be apparent that the load positioned upon the upper end of the standard will return vthe standard to its lowered position upon release of the locking means.

I It will be apparent from the foregoing, that I have provided a very simple and inexpensive device which can, be placed in position within garages, or used where it is desired to lift either end of a motor vehicle for repair purposes or for inspection purposes.

I The deviceis very simple in construction and can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost and is very easy tosoperate.

I claim:

7 A lifting device c-omprising an imbedded casing, a guide cylinder in said casing. rigidly connected therewith, an embedded gear casing spaced from the first casing, a guide tube connecting. the casings together, a bearing cap fitted in the upper end of. the cylinder, a second bearing secured in the cylinder I in spaced relation to the bearing cap, a standard slidably mounted in the bearings, a lifting head on the upper end of the standard, a pulley carried by the lower end of the standard, a winding drum rotatably mounted in the gear casing, a pulley rotatably mounted in the first casing adjacent to the f v'ania.

' GEORGE P. BALL.

' cable 30 is wound thereon, the standard will a be raised within the cylinder 4, engaging the head 9 with the axle of the vehicle and fur- 

